If you want to really get blown away, take a look here at the New England Primer that was used in virtually every public of private school in America for over 100 years and in fact, the Founders would have been taught from it or surely known of it.

Tip from Todd H. (BIG THANKS)

1912 Eighth Grade Examination for Bullitt County Schools

This copy of the Eighth Grade Exam for Bullitt County Schools in 1912
was donated to the museum. We thought you might like to see what the
test looked like a hundred years ago. Note that there are several
typesetting mistakes on the test including a mistake in the spelling
list. The word "eneeavor" should be "endeavor." Our staff has put
together possible answers on another page.